Describe Thomas Jefferson’s views on slavery
Please provide the best answer for the statement.
Answer: The ideal answer should:
a. Include that Jefferson authored the Declaration of Independence and other statements of universal liberty but refused to support abolition. .
b. Explain that he consistently held slaves and had relations with them.
c. Contrast how he seemed to support the eventual abolition of slavery, but he clearly viewed Africans as inherently inferior to Europeans and resisted any real movement toward abolition.
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The historian Frederick Jackson Turner argued that the American frontier was a "safety valve" that, by siphoning off surplus population from settled areas and providing families with land and employment, reduced social and political conflict. Does the history of the West during the Confederation period confirm or disconfirm Turner's "frontier thesis"?
What will be an ideal response?
Edmund Burke's speech to the House of Commons indicates that he believed that
a. a clash between the two sides was extremely likely. b. a firm, decisive response by the British government would end the troubles. c. he did not have a clear sense of where America was, let alone any understanding of the situation. d. both sides were in the wrong.
The motto "Millions for defense, but not one cent for tribute" arose as a response to which event?
(A) The XYZ Affair (B) The passage of the Alien Act (C) Illegal British seizures of American merchant ships (D) The Battle of Tippecanoe
The Great Plains were often referred to by early explorers as __________.
A. "the Wild West" B. "the American Primitive" C. "the Great American Desert" D. "the Open Range"